Girls
Hays 47 – Colby 44
Hays was on the road Tuesday night following a ten day layoff after their 1-2 start at the Hays City Shootout.
Colby ran off a 6-0 run in the first quarter to grab their biggest first half lead at 12-7. A Savannah Schneider field goal cut the deficit down to 12-9 after one quarter. Down by four early in the second quarter, Hays went on a 9-0 run including two Jaycee Dale field goals to regain the lead at 18-13. The Indians pushed their advantage to six on one occasion after a 6-2 spurt. Colby hit one of four free throws to end the half at 24-19 in favor of the Indians.
Highlights
Hays scored eight straight points midway through the third quarter to take their first double digit lead and eventually lead 36-22. Colby though refused to go away answering with a 12-0 run and getting back to within two point early in the fourth quarter. A basket from Tasiah Nunnery capped a 8-3 push that gave Hays a seven point lead with 2:40 left in the game. Colby again went on a run with seven straight and tied the game at 1:10 on a pair of free throws. Colby though would not score again and Hays made three of six free throws to win 47-44.
Coach Alex Hutchins
Hays was led in scoring by Savannah Schneider with 17 points. Tasiah Nunnery added her first career double-double to the cause with 12 points and 11 rebounds for the now 2-2 Hays High Indians. Colby falls to 3-2.
Boys
Hays 82 – Colby 69
Hays used a 16-4 first quarter run to build a double digit lead at 19-9 with two minutes left in the quarter. Hays kept the lead at seven through the first eight minutes. Colby cut the lead down to one two times but back to back three pointers from Carson Kieffer and Dylan Ruder put Hays back up by seven. Colby finished the final five minutes of the half on a 17-6 run to take a 41-37 lead at halftime.
Highlights
Neither team led by more than four points in the third quarter with the two changing the lead four times and the third tie of the quarter sent the game to a 55-55 beginning of the fourth quarter.
Colby took the first fourth quarter lead with a basket just fifteen seconds in and then grabbed the lead back at 59-58 just fifteen seconds later. Hays then embarked on a game deciding 17-3 run to build up a 13 point lead with 4:17 left. Colby never got closer than nine rest of the way as Hays made five of their final six free throws to win 82-69.
Coach Rick Keltner
Hays was led by Tradgon McCrae’s season high 22 points. TJ Nunnery tied a career mark of 13. Dayln Schwarz tallied career highs of 12 points and 12 rebounds for his first double-double. Hays is now 2-2 on the year and will host Pratt next Tuesday for their final game of 2018. Colby falls to 3-2.